Recreation

New Titles Fiction July 2018 (arrived in June 2018)

ADVENTURE

The void, Greig Beck.
Something has traveled for a billion years to find us, and now it has. In space, Commander Mitch Granger and his crew are nearing the end of their scientific mission, along with their covert satellite photography for the military. As they prepare for reentry, an unknown object emerges from the void and the object proves impossible to evade.
Arctic gambit, Larry Bond.
Jerry Mitchell, now the commodore of submarine Development Squadron Five, is dismayed when USS Toledo is reported missing in Arctic waters, close to Russian territory. The vessel is captained by his former shipmate and close friend, Lenny Berg. Eager to investigate, Jerry convinces the Navy to redirect one of his squadron's boats to find out what happened.
The Moscow offensive, Dale Brown.
On a remote island estate, a billionaire investor sells his air freight company to a mysterious new owner. The purchaser is none other than the President of Russia, Gennadiy Gryzlov. The Russians will use these private planes to secretly transport dangerous cargo into the United States.
A sacred storm, Theodore Brun.
Forged in fire. Bound by honour. Haunted by loss. Set in 8th Century Sweden, Erlan Aurvandil, a Viking outlander, has pledged his sword to Sviggar Ivarsson, King of the Svears, and sworn enemy of the Danish king Harald Wartooth. But Wartooth, hungry for power, is stirring violence in the borderlands.
The Grey Ghost: a Fargo adventure, Clive Cussler.
In 1906, a groundbreaking Rolls-Royce prototype known as the Grey Ghost vanishes from the streets of Manchester, England, and it is only the lucky intervention of an American detective named Isaac Bell that prevents it from being lost forever.
Zero sum: a John Rain novel, Barry Eisler.
Returning to Tokyo in 1982 after a decade of mercenary work in the Philippines, a young John Rain learns that the killing business is now controlled by Victor, a half- Russian, half-Japanese sociopath who has ruthlessly eliminated all potential challengers. Victor gives Rain a choice: kill a government minister or die a grisly death.
The encircling sea, Adrian Goldsworthy.
Flavius Ferox, Briton turned Roman centurion, is charged with keeping Rome's empire intact. From his base at Vindolanda on the northern frontier of Britannia, he feels enemies closing in on him from all sides. Ambitious leaders await the chance to carve out empires of their own. Men nearer at hand speak in whispers of war and the destruction of Rome, and now new threats are reaching Ferox's ears…
Blood and blade, Matthew Harffy.
Set in AD 635 Anglo-Saxon Britain. King Oswald must leave his wedding party to combat a Pictish uprising. He leaves Beobrand to escort his new queen to their new home, a journey fraught with danger. The third instalment in The Bernicia Chronicles.
The cross and the curse, Matthew Harffy.
Set in AD 634. Anglo-Saxon Britain. Warlords battle across Britain to become the first king of the English. After a stunning victory against the native Waelisc, Beobrand returns a hero. His valour is rewarded with wealth and land by Oswald, king of Northumbria and he retires to his new estate with his bride only to find himself surrounded by enemies old and new. The second instalment in The Bernicia Chronicles.
Last instructions, Nir Hezroni.
Agent 10483, a psychopathic former Israeli spy, is busy trying to shut down the spy organization he once worked for and plotting his revenge against the individuals who he deems responsible for the Organization's betrayal. Now, he's traveling the world in a quest to find a hidden nuclear warhead to use against them.
Estocada, Graham Hurley.
In 1937 Dieter Merz is the Reich's most celebrated fighter ace. Flying for the infamous Condor Legion over the battlefields of Spain's civil war, Merz has been able to unleash the full potential of the Luftwaffe's new fighter against his Republican opponents. He is not a political man all he wants to do is fly but for how long can he deny the toxic nature of Hitler's rule?
Star of the north, D. B. John.
North Korea and the USA are on the brink of war. A young American woman disappears without trace from a South Korean island. The CIA recruits her twin sister to uncover the truth. Now, she must go undercover in the world's most deadly state.
An onshore storm: an Alan Lewrie naval adventure, Dewey Lambdin.
Three mismatched troop transports, lots of 29-foot barges, and an under-strength regiment: Is this any way to bedevil Napoleon's army in Italy? It's Capt. Sir Alan Lewrie's idea, and it seems to be working, with successful raids all along the coast of Calabria. However, it depends on timely information, and Lewrie must trust Don Julio Caesare, a lord of a Sicilian criminal underworld, and a disorganized network of Calabrian partisans.
Capture or kill, Tom Marcus.
Matt Logan is an MI5 agent for the British government. Working on the frontline of counter-terrorism in the UK he's trained to protect its citizens against all threats. When two brothers known operationally as 'Iron Sword' and 'Stone Fist' are suspected of plotting a major terrorist event, Logan and his team work undercover to track them down.
The Cairo code: a thriller, Glenn Meade.
In November 1943, Adolf Hitler sanctioned his most audacious mission ever; to kill US President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Prime Minister Winston Churchill while they visit Cairo for a secret conference to plan the Allied invasion of Europe, an invasion which threatens imminent defeat for Germany. Only one man is capable of leading the defiant Nazi mission; Major Johann Halder, one of the Abwehr's most brilliant and daring agents.
Retribution, Anthony Riches.
Victory is in sight for Kivilaz and his Batavi army. The Roman army clings desperately to its remaining fortresses along the Rhine, its legions riven by dissent and mutiny, and once-loyal allies of Rome are beginning to imagine the unimaginable: freedom from the rulers who have dominated them since the time of Caesar. Four centurions who were once comrades in arms must find their destiny in a maze of loyalties and threats.
The Kremlin conspiracy, Joel C. Rosenberg.
In September 1999, a series of apartment bombings in Moscow are blamed on Chechen terrorist. Oleg Kreakin, on the Russian president's personal staff, has no idea how the bombings will alter the course of world events.
The bookworm: a novel, Mitch Silver.
Posing as a friar, a British operative talks his way into the monastery at Villers-devant-Orval just before Nazi art thieves plan to sweep through the area and whisk everything of value back to Berlin. But he is no thief. Instead he adds an old leather Bible to the monastry's library and then escapes…
Ghost, James Swallow.
As devastating attacks unfold across the globe, Marc Dane must call on all his skills and ingenuity to track down the mysterious figure behind it all; a faceless criminal known only as "Madrigal". Before they plunge the world into war.
The Hellfire Club, Jake Tapper.
Charlie Marder, a World War II veteran and popular academic, is an unlikely congressman. Thrust into office by his power-broker father's connections, Charlie is determined to use his new position for good. He quickly learns, however, that in 1950s Washington, little is as it seems.
Liar's candle, August Thomas.
Penny Kessler, a young intern at the U.S. Embassy in Ankara, Turkey, wakes up in a hospital on the morning of July 5th to find herself at the centre of an international crisis. The day before, the Embassy had been the target of a devastating terrorist attack that killed hundreds of Penny's friends and colleagues.

FANTASY

The black elfstone, Terry Brooks.
Across the Four Lands, peace has reigned for generations. But now, in the far north, an unknown enemy is massing. More troubling than the carnage is the strange and wondrous power wielded by the attackers; a breed of magic unfamiliar even to the Druid order.
Wyntertide, Andrew Caldecott.
The town of Rotherweird has been independent from the rest of England for four hundred years, to protect a deadly secret. Sir Veronal Slickstone is dead, his bid to exploit that secret consigned to dust, leaving Rotherweird to resume its abnormal normality after the travails of the summer but someone is playing a very long game. Disturbing omens multiply…
Amberlough, Lara Elena Donnelly.
Welcome to Amberlough City, the illustrious but corrupt cosmopolitan beacon of Gedda. The radical One State Party--nicknamed the Ospies--is gaining popular support to unite Gedda's four municipal governments under an ironclad, socially conservative vision. Not everyone agrees.
The queen of sorrow, Sarah Beth Durst.
Queen Daleina has yearned to bring peace and prosperity to her beloved forest home. Now, with the powerful Queen Naelin ruling by her side, Daleina believes that her dream of ushering in a new era can be realized, even in a land plagued by malevolent nature spirits who thirst for the end of human life.
Death doesn't bargain, Sherrilyn Kenyon.
The Deadmen are back. But so are the demons who have broken free of their eternal prison and are bent on mankind's destruction. The worst of the lot is Vine, determined to claim their lives for taking hers. She will see the world burn, and has the perfect lure to destroy them all.
In the region of the summer stars, Stephen R. Lawhead.
Ravaged by barbarian Scálda forces, the last hope for Eirlandia lies with the island's warring tribes. Wrongly cast out of his tribe, Conor, the first-born son of the Celtic king, embarks on a dangerous mission to prove his innocence.
The gloaming, Kirsty Logan.
Mara's island is one of stories and magic, but every story ends in the same way. She will finish her days on the cliff, turned to stone and gazing out at the horizon like all the islanders before her. It takes the arrival of Pearl, mysterious and irresistible, to light a spark in Mara again, and allow her to consider a different story for herself.
Markswoman, Rati Mehrotra.
Kyra is the youngest Markswoman in the Order of Kali, a highly Kyra and the other Orders are sworn to protect the people of Asiana. But to be a Markswoman, an acolyte must repudiate her former life completely. Kyra has pledged to do so, yet she secretly harbors a fierce desire to avenge her dead family.
Witchsign, Den Patrick.
It has been seventy-five years since the dragons' rule of fire and magic was ended. Out of the ashes, the Solmindre Empire was born. Since then, the tyrannical Synod has worked hard to banish all manifestations of the arcane from existence.
The legion of flame, Anthony Ryan.
For centuries, the vast Ironship Trading Syndicate relied on drake blood, and the extraordinary powers it confers to those known as the Blood-blessed, to fuel and protect its empire. But now, a fearsome power has arisen; a drake so mighty that the world will tremble before it.
Season of storms, Andrzej Sapkowski.
Geralt of Rivia is a Witcher, one of the few capable of hunting the monsters that prey on humanity. A mutant who is tasked with killing unnatural beings. He uses magical signs, potions, and two swords, steel, and silver. But a contract has gone wrong, and Geralt finds himself without his signature weapons.
Lord Valentine's castle: a novel of Majipoor, Robert Silverberg.
On the planet of Majipoor, Valentine struggles to reclaim his birthright when he realizes that he is the true Coronal, Lord Valentine, who has been drugged, physically altered, and replaced on the throne.
Ocean light: a Psy-changeling Trinity novel, Nalini Singh.
Security specialist Bowen Knight has come back from the dead, but there's a ticking time bomb in his head: a chip implanted to block telepathic interference that could fail at any moment, taking his brain along with it.

FICTION

That kind of mother, Rumaan Alam.
Rebecca Stone, a first-time mother, finds herself both deeply in love with her newborn son and deeply overwhelmed. Struggling to juggle the demands of motherhood with her own aspirations and feeling utterly alone in the process, she reaches out to the only person at the hospital who offers her any real help, Priscilla Johnson, and begs her to come home with them as her son's nanny.
The High Tide Club, Mary Kay Andrews.
When ninety-nine-year-old heiress Josephine Bettendorf Warrick summons attorney Brooke Trappnell to her 20,000 acre barrier island home to discuss an important legal matter, Brooke is puzzled. Why enlist Brooke and not the prestigious Atlanta law firm she has used for years?
Flames, Robbie Arnott.
A young man named Levi McAllister decides to build a coffin for his twenty-three-year-old sister, Charlotte who promptly runs for her life. A tale of grief and love and the bonds of family, tracing a journey across the southern island that takes us full circle.
Away, Amy Bloom.
Lillian Leyb's family are murdered in a Russian pogrom. Lillian comes to New York alone in the 1920s, determined to make her way. Taken under the wing of a famous theatrical impresario, she finds out that her daughter, Sophie, may still be alive, and so Lillian sets off to find her.
The pisces, Melissa Broder.
Lucy has been writing her dissertation about Sappho for thirteen years when she and Jamie break up. After she hits rock bottom in Phoenix, her Los Angeles-based sister insists Lucy housesit for the summer'her only tasks caring for a beloved diabetic dog and trying to learn to care for herself.
The bad mother, Amanda Brooke.
Newly married, newly pregnant, Lucy Robin is having trouble remembering the little things. Forgetting the little things is annoying, but the more it happens, the more scared she gets. As her world gets smaller, soon both Lucy's life, and that of her unborn baby, are placed in danger. But is there something more sinister behind Lucy's forgetfulness?
Milkman, Anna Burns.
In this unnamed city, to be interesting is dangerous. Middle sister, our protagonist, is busy attempting to keep her mother from discovering her maybe-boyfriend and to keep everyone in the dark about her encounter with Milkman. But when first brother-in-law sniffs out her struggle, and rumours start to swell, middle sister becomes 'interesting'.
The curious heart of Ailsa Rae, Stephanie Butland.
Ailsa Rae is learning how to live. She's only a few months past the heart transplant that - just in time - saved her life. Life should be a joyful adventure. However her relationship with her mother is at breaking point and she knows she needs to find her father. She's missed so much that her friends have left her behind.
Alternative remedies for loss, Joanna Cantor.
When 22-year-old Olivia learned that her mother had only months to live, she leaves Vassar and her career plans far behind to be with her mother for her last days. Reeling from the loss of her mother she looks for a new start of her own, throwing herself headlong into Manhattan's fast-moving media world, where she is alternately demeaned by bosses and pursued by men.
Ironbark, Jay Carmichael.
Markus Bello's life has stalled. Living in a small country town, mourning the death of his best friend, Grayson, Markus is isolated and adrift. As time passes, and life continues around him, Markus must try to face his grief, and come to terms with what is left.
The little Italian bakery, Valentina Cebeni.
Elettra's mother is in a coma, and the family bakery is failing. Elettra is distraught; she has many unanswered questions about her mother's childhood - Edda was a secretive woman. The only clue is a family heirloom: a necklace inscribed with the name of an island.
How to walk away, Katherine Center.
Margaret Jacobsen is just about to step into the bright future she's worked for so hard and so long: a new dream job, a fiancé she adores, and the promise of a picture- perfect life just around the corner. Then, suddenly, on what should have been one of the happiest days of her life, everything she worked for is taken away in a brief, tumultuous moment.
The old slave and the mastiff, Patrick Chamoiseau.
A gripping story of an escaped slave in Martinique and the killer hound that pursues him. A profoundly unsettling story of a plantation slave's desperate escape into a rainforest beyond human control, with his master and a ferocious dog on his heels.
Whiskey & ribbons, Leesa Cross-Smith.
Evi, a classically-trained ballerina, was nine months pregnant when her husband Eamon was killed in the line of duty. Now, it is winter, and Eamon's adopted brother Dalton has moved in to help her raise six-month-old Noah.
The complete short stories. Volume one, Roald Dahl.
In this, the first of two volumes chronologically collecting all Roald Dahl's published adult short stories, we see how he began by using his experiences in the war to write fiction but quickly turned to his powerful and dark imagination to pen some of the most unsettling and disquieting tales ever written - 27 stories, written between 1944 and 1953.
The complete short stories. Volume two, Roald Dahl.
In this, the second of two volumes chronologically collecting all his published adult short stories, we experience Dahl's dark and powerful imagination in full flight in 28 stories written between 1954 and 1988 (including eight tales which are not available in any other printed edition).
Where the light gets in, Lucy Dillon.
Lorna's come home to Longhampton to fulfil a long-held dream, but she knows, deep down, there are ghosts she needs to lay to rest first. This is where her tight-knit family shattered into silent pieces. It's where her unspoken fears about herself took root and where her own secret, complicated love began.
Julius, Daphne du Maurier.
Julius Levy grows up in a peasant family in a village on the banks of the Seine. A quick-witted urchin caught up in the Franco-Prussian War, he is soon forced by tragedy to escape to Algeria. Once there, he learns the ease of swindling, the rewards of love affairs and the value of secrecy.
Mercury falling, Robert Edric.
Set in the Fenlands, 1954. It is a tough winter; the temperatures have fallen too low too quickly and the floods are the worst anyone can remember. Most people have lost everything but there are some who have found themselves eager for the chance at a new start. For Jimmy Devlin, it's a little of both.
Darling, Rachel Edwards.
Lola doesn't particularly want a new stepmother. Especially not one who has come out of nowhere and only been with her dad for three months. Darling didn't particularly want a new stepdaughter. Especially not one as spiteful and spoilt as Lola. Darling and Lola will just have to get used to each other. Unless Lola can find a way to get rid of Darling.
Some kind of wonderful, Giovanna Fletcher.
Lizzy and Ian have been a couple since their first day at university. Now, after celebrating a decade together, everyone thinks they're about to get engaged. A romantic escape to Dubai is the perfect moment, but instead of the proposal Lizzy hopes for, Ian reveals he's not sure he even wants her anymore.
Mine, Susi Fox.
You wake up alone after an emergency caesarean.It takes just one look at the small infant in the nursery for you to know with certainty: this baby is not your baby. No one believes you, even your own husband. They say you're confused and delusional. But you're a doctor; you know how easily mistakes can be made. It's up to you to find your real child, your miracle baby, before it's too late.
Stories we tell ourselves, Sarah Francoise.
Frank and Joan's marriage is in trouble. Having spent three decades failing to understand each other in their unfinished house in the French alps, Joan's frustrations with her inattentive husband have reached breaking point.
The atlas of love, Laurie Frankel.
When Jill becomes both pregnant and single at the end of one spring semester, she and her two closest friends plunge into an experiment in tri-parenting, tri-schooling, and trihabitating as grad students in Seattle. Naturally, everything goes wrong, but in ways no one sees coming.
The summer I met Jack, Michelle Gable.
In 1950, a young, beautiful Polish refugee arrives in Hyannisport, Massachusetts to work as a maid for one of the wealthiest families in America. Alicia is at once dazzled by the large and charismatic family, in particular the oldest son, a rising politician named Jack.
The memory shop, Ella Griffin.
Fleeing London for her childhood home in Dublin, Nora learns that her grandmother's house is being sold along with all of her wonderful belongings. Nora decides to stay and open a pop-up shop to find the perfect owner for each of her grandmother's possessions. The Memory Shop begins to transform the lives of the people who visit, and Nora unlocks tantalising clues to her grandmother's mysterious past.
Caroline's bikini, Kirsty Gunn.
The moment Emily's friend Evan Gordonstone, a successful middle-aged financier, meets the glamorous Caroline Beresford at Richmond home, we are immediately immersed a whole new kind of world. Thus begins a hypnotic series of intense conversations set against the beguiling backdrop of West London's bars, fuelled by liberal G&Ts.
A family recipe, Veronica Henry.
Laura Griffin is preparing for an empty nest. The thought of Number 11 Lark Hill falling silent; a home usually bustling with noise, people and the fragrant smells of something cooking on the Aga, seems impossible. Feeling lost, Laura turns to her greatest comfort: her grandmother's recipe box, a treasured collection dating back to the Second World War.
The music, Matthew Herbert.
This novel is a manifesto for sound, challenging how we hear the world itself, while listening to stories about humanity and our place in that world.
Motherhood, Sheila Heti.
Motherhood treats one of the most consequential decisions of early adulthood, whether or not to have children, with the intelligence, wit and originality that have won Sheila Heti international acclaim.
The unit: a novel, Ninni Holmqvist.
In the Society, men and women past middle age who are single, childless, and without jobs in progressive industries are considered outsiders and are sequestered. They are kept healthy and are expected to gradually donate their organs to the "necessary" ones. But suppose two people who live in the Unit should fall in love?
Our homesick songs, Emma Hooper.
The beautifully-told tale of a child's search for meaning through the redemptive power of music. The cod have vanished from Big Running, and now the people are disappearing too. As the fishing industry collapses and residents leave the island in search of work, 10-year-old Finn finds himself living in a ghost town.
The captives: a novel, Debra Jo Immergut.
As an inmate psychologist at a state prison, Frank Lundquist has had his fair share of surprises. But nothing could possibly prepare him for the day in which his high school object of desire, Miranda Greene, walks into his office for an appointment.
You me everything, Catherine Isaac.
Jess and her ten-year-old son William set off to spend the summer at Château de Roussignol, deep in the rich, sunlit hills of the Dordogne. There, Jess's ex-boyfriend and William's father, Adam, runs a beautiful hotel in a restored castle.
The turn of the screw, Henry James.
The classic ghost story about a high-strung governess and the two young children who may--or may not--be plotting with the diabolical Peter Quint.
The fortress, S.A. Jones.
Jonathon Bridge has the corner office, a fascinating wife, a child on the way and a string of nubile lovers on the side. His world is our world, but it also exists alongside a self- sustaining city-state called The Fortress, an all-female civilisation. The Fortress is cloistered from the outside world and connected to it by an arcane tradition that permits female victims of male violence to order their assailants there indefinitely.
Miss Laila, armed and dangerous, Manu Joseph.
On the day that Hindu nationalists and their controversial leader have won a spectacular election victory, a large apartment building collapses in Mumbai. The rescue operation finds only one survivor. But what he is saying is that two people are on their way to carry out a terror attack. Not only must they get him out, the police must find out what he knows, and act quickly.
The map of salt and stars, Jennifer Zeynab Joukhadar.
Nour has lost her father. She has also lost the place she was born in and now lives in the Syrian town of Homs, along with her sisters and mother. And so, by the fig tree in the garden, Nour whispers the stories her Baba once told her, so that the roots of the tree will carry those stories back to where her father is buried and he won't feel so alone.
Do this for me: a novel, Eliza Kennedy.
Raney Moore is an ambitious young partner at a prestigious Manhattan law firm, she's got a dream job, a loving (and famous) husband, and amazing twin daughters. Her world is full, busy, perfectly scripted. Or so she thinks. One sunny fall day, a bombshell phone call throws Raney's well-ordered existence into chaos.
Sad girls, Lang Leav.
School is almost out for Audrey, but the panic attacks are just beginning. Audrey told a lie and now her classmate, Ana, is dead. Just as her world begins to spin out of control, Audrey meets the enigmatic Rad – the boy who could turn it all around. But will their ill-timed romance drive her closer to the edge?
Happy little bluebirds, Louise Levene.
It is September 1940, and recently widowed Evelyn has been plucked from her humdrum civil service job in Woking and transported to the opulent world of wartime Hollywood. Young, bright and fluent in nine languages, she is to assist the British Colonel Peyton, who has secretly been trying to persuade an Anglo-Hungarian producer to create war propaganda.
A weekend in New York, Benjamin Markovits.
What if the happy families are actually the most unusual of all? Paul Essinger is a mid-ranking tennis professional on the ATP tour. His girlfriend Dana is an ex- model and photographer, and the mother of their two-year-old son, Cal. Together they form a tableau of the contented upper-middle-class New York family. But summer storms are blowing through Manhattan…
Love & ruin, Paula McLain.
In 1937, courageous and independent Martha Gellhorn travels to Madrid to report on the atrocities of the Spanish Civil War, and finds herself drawn to the stories of ordinary people caught in devastating conflict.
Oh my god, what a complete Aisling, Emer McLysaght.
A disastrous romantic getaway shows Aisling that it's time to stop waiting around and leave John behind for the bright lights of Dublin. Between glamorous new flatmates, a scandal at work and finding herself in a weird love square, Aisling is ready to take on the big city.
The love that I have, James Moloney.
Margot Baumann has left school to take up her sister's job in the mailroom of a large prison. But this is Germany in 1944, and the prison is Sachsenhausen concentration camp near Berlin. Margot is shielded from the camp's brutality as she has no contact with prisoners, but she does handle their mail and, when given a cigarette lighter and told to burn the letters, she is horrified by the callous act she must carry out with her own hands.
Missing, Alison Moore.
Having moved from the Fens to the Midlands to the Scottish Borders, Jessie Noon finds herself struggling to leave the past behind. Following a family tragedy, she now lives in the Scottish Borders with a cat, a dog and, she is convinced, a ghost in the spare room.
The crossing: a novel, Jason Mott.
Twins Virginia and Tommy Matthews have been on their own since they were orphaned at the age of five, surviving a merciless foster care system by relying on each other. Twelve years later, the world begins to collapse around them as a deadly contagion steadily wipes out entire populations and a devastating world war rages on.
Chelsea girls, Eileen Myles.
In this breathtakingly inventive autobiographical novel, Eileen Myles transforms her life into a work of art. Told in her audacious and singular voice made vivid and immediate in her lyrical language, Chelsea Girls cobbles together memories of Myles's 1960s Catholic upbringing with an alcoholic father, her volatile adolescence, her unabashed 'lesbianity, ' and her riotous pursuit of survival as a poet in 1970s New York.
Digging in, Loretta Nyhan.
Paige Moresco found her true love in eighth grade and lost him two years ago. Since his death, she's been barely holding on for the sake of her teenage son. As Paige stares at her neglected lawn, she knows she's hit rock bottom. So she does something entirely unexpected: she begins to dig. As the hole gets bigger, Paige decides to turn her entire yard into a vegetable garden.
The hideaway, Sheila O'Flanagan.
Juno Ryan is on her way to a dreamy villa near the sea in beautiful Spain. But Juno's not on holiday. She's running away. Weeks earlier Juno's life was good. A great job, loving family, and an ever-closer relationship with clever, funny, handsome Brad. Then catastrophe struck.
The yellow house, Emily O'Grady.
Ten-year-old Cub lives with her parents, older brother Cassie, and twin brother Wally on a lonely property bordering an abandoned cattle farm and knackery. Their lives are shadowed by the infamous actions of her Granddad Les in his yellow weatherboard house, just over the fence.
Warlight, Michael Ondaatje.
Just after World War II, 14-year-old Nathaniel and his older sister Rachel stay behind in London when their parents move to Singapore, leaving them in the care of a mysterious figure named The Moth. They suspect he might be a criminal, and they grow both more convinced and less concerned as they come to know his eccentric crew of friends.
Adjustment Day, Chuck Palahniuk.
Politicians have brought the nation to the brink of a third world war in an effort to control the burgeoning population of young males. Working-class men dream of burying the elites. Professors propound theories that offer students only the bleakest future. Into this dyspeptic time, a blue-black book is launched.
The ever after: a novel, Sarah Pekkanen.
Josie and Frank Moore are happy, at least Josie thinks they are. As parents of two young girls in the Chicago suburbs, their days can be both busy and monotonous. Josie isn't just happy; she's lucky. However, one Saturday morning when Josie borrows her husband's phone to make a quick call she sees nine words that shatter her world.
Bob Honey who just do stuff: a novel, Sean Penn.
From legendary actor and activist Sean Penn comes a scorching, darkly funny novella about Bob Honey; a modern American man, entrepreneur, and part- time assassin. He's just a guy trying to make it through each day while grappling with loneliness, alienation, violence, uncertain of his place in a culture that considers branding more important than being.
A view of the empire at sunset, Caryl Phillips.
Born Ella Gwendolyn Rees Williams in Dominica at the height of the British Empire, Rhys lived in the Caribbean for only sixteen years before going to England. A View of the Empire at Sunset is a look into her tempestuous and unsatisfactory life in Edwardian England, 1920s Paris, and then again in London.
The beautiful bureaucrat, Helen Phillips.
When Josephine's husband Joseph disappears and then returns, offering no explanation as to his whereabouts, her creeping unease shifts decidedly to dread. Both chilling and poignant, this novel asks the biggest questions about marriage and fidelity, birth and death.
A shout in the ruins, Kevin Powers.
Set in Virginia, just before and during the Civil Ear and ninety years later. The novel pinpoints the nature of random violence, the necessity of love and compassion, and the fragility and preciousness of life. It will endure as a stunning novel about what we leave behind, what a life is worth, what is said and unsaid, and the fact that ultimately what will survive of us is love.
The last of the Bonegilla girls, Victoria Purman.
In 1954 when sixteen-year-old Hungarian Elizabeta arrives in Australia with her family, she is hoping to escape the hopelessness of life as a refugee in post-war Germany. She becomes firm friends with three other girls in the Bonegilla Migrant Camp on the banks of the Murray in rural Victoria.
Girls burn brighter, Shobha Rao.
Poornima and Savitha have three strikes against them. They are poor. They are driven. After her mother's death, Poornima has very little kindness in her life. She is left to take care of her siblings until her father can find her a suitable match. So when Savitha enters their household, Poornima is intrigued by the joyful, independent-minded girl.
All the lives we never lived, Anuradha Roy.
The story of Myshkin and his mother, Gayatri, who is driven to rebel against tradition and follow her artist's instinct for freedom. Freedom of a different kind is in the air across India. The fight against British rule is reaching a critical turn. The Nazis have come to power in Germany. At this point of crisis, two strangers arrive in Gayatri's town, opening up for her the vision of other possible lives.
Love will tear us apart, Holly Seddon.
Fearing eternal singledom, childhood friends Kate and Paul make the age-old vow that if they don't find love by thirty, they will marry each other. Years later, with the deadline of their 30th birthdays approaching, the unlikely couple decide to keep their teenage promise.
The new neighbor, Leah Stewart.
Ninety-year-old Margaret Riley is content hiding from the world, finding comfort in the mystery novels that keep her company, that is, until she spots a woman who's moved into the long-empty house across the pond. Jennifer Young is also looking to hide. On the run from her old life, she and her four-year-old son Milo have moved to a quiet town where no one from her past can find her.
What you don't know about Charlie Outlaw, Leah Stewart.
After a series of missteps in the face of his newfound fame, actor Charlie Outlaw flees to a remote island in search of anonymity and a chance to reevaluate his recent breakup with his girlfriend, actress Josie Lamar. But soon after his arrival on the peaceful island, his solitary hike into the jungle takes him into danger he never anticipated.
Every other weekend: a novel, Zulema Renee Summerfield.
Southern California in 1988 is full of broken homes. Nenny is a precocious and nervous eight-year-old, adjusting to a newly rearranged life after her parents split. Nenny and her mother and two brothers have just moved in with her new stepfather and his two kids. With her old life replaced by this unfamiliar configuration, Nenny's natural anxieties intensify, and both real and imagined dangers entwine.
The Greek escape, Karen Swan.
Chloe Marston leaves her old life in London for a fresh start in New York. Working at a luxury concierge company, she makes other people's lives run perfectly, even if her own has ground to a halt. But a terrible accident forces her to step into a new role, up close and personal with the company's most esteemed and powerful clients.
A Nantucket wedding: a novel, Nancy Thayer.
A few years after losing her beloved husband, Alison is doing something she never thought she would do again: getting married.
Territory of light, Yuko Tsushima.
The luminous story of a young woman, living alone in Tokyo with her three-year-old daughter. Its twelve, stand-alone fragments follow the first year of the narrator's separation from her husband.
The shape of the ruins, Juan Gabriel Vésquez.
Takes the form of personal and formal investigations into two political assassinations; the murders of Rafael Uribe Uribe in 1914, and of the charismatic Jorge Eliécer Gaitán, the man who might have been Colombia's J.F.K., gunned down on the brink of success in the presidential elections of 1948.
The librarian, Salley Vickers.
A charmingly subversive novel about a library in 1950s England. A young woman in her twenties, moves to East Mole, a quaint market town in middle England, to start a new job as a children's librarian. But the apparently pleasant town is not all it seems.
Chemistry: a novel, Weike Wang.
'You must love chemistry unconditionally.' When we meet the narrator of Weike Wang's taut debut novel, this is the credo she's striven to follow for most of her life. But now, three years into a graduate program at a demanding Boston university, she finds her onetime love for chemistry to be more hypothesis than reality.
The Juliet code, Christine Wells.
World War Two is over, but Juliet Barnard is hiding a secret. While her family believed she was helping the war effort from the safety of England, in truth Juliet was a trained wireless operator, dropped behind enemy lines in Paris to spy on the Germans. However, the mission went critically wrong when Juliet was caught and now she can't, or won't, relive the horrors that occurred there, and the people she betrayed.
Aspiring daybook: the diary of Elsie Winslow, Annabel Wilson.
A year in the life of Elsie Winslow, who has just returned from Europe to Wanaka to take care of her terminally ill brother. Elsie's story is told in the form of a diary packed with poems, snapshots, conversations and letters.
The paper lovers, Gerard Woodward.
Arnold Proctor's quiet life is thrown off balance when he falls obsessively in love with Vera, a religious woman and one of his wife's friends. Vera seems untroubled by her wrongdoing, yet faithless Arnold is wracked with guilt. He has never believed in God, but now he wonders if he truly believes in anything at all?

GRAPHIC NOVEL

Platinum end. 5, Tsugumi Ohba.
With Saki having finally gotten over her trauma, the only thing holding her back now is the lack of angel wings. But perhaps there's a way for her to gain a pair of her own. Then, Mirai and his team will need all the help they can get when a new god candidate appears; one who wields a samurai sword!
JoJo's bizarre adventure. Part 3, Stardust crusaders. 07, Hirohiko Araki.
JoJo and friends continue to close in on their nemesis, DIO! Their travels take them across the Middle East, where they face new and more powerful enemies; a mysterious woman with magnetic powers, a strange man with the ability to control time and a smooth gambler who deals in souls. Will they die before they even get to DIO?!
Old Man Logan. [6], Days of anger, Ed Brisson.
Old man Logan is confronted by an enemy from his past! And since his past is a dystopian future, you know this won't be good but it can't get any worse than the Maestro! Determined not to let history repeat itself at the whim of the Hulk's nightmarish future self, Logan takes matters into his own hands and hunts down the Hulk Gang!
A western world, Michael DeForge.
Short, succinct and, more often than not, strange stories have always been a central part of Michael DeForge's oeuvre. In a career that's volume outweighs its years, DeForge's most powerful work has often been his most pithy.
Punisher. The platoon, Garth Ennis.
By the time the Punisher was born in Vietnam, Frank Castle had already become a dark legend of the battlefield. Now the legendary Punisher team of Garth Ennis and Goran Parlov bring the first of those stories to light: the tale of Frank Castle's first command, and his first kill.
Inu x Boku SS. 1, Cocoa Fujiwara.
In search of independence and solitude, the sharp-tongued Ririchiyo Shirakiin moves to the Maison de Ayakashi, an apartment building full of wealthy tenants, which has its own Secret Service. Ririchiyo is eager to be alone, but upon her arrival, she is greeted by Soushi, an SS agent arranged for her by her parents.
Inu x Boku SS. 10, Cocoa Fujiwara.
The threat of the Night Parade of a Hundred Demons has driven the residents of Ayakashi Hall to take refuge at their family homes, whether they like it or not. But when they're apart, the situation seems even more hopeless. One by one, the group reassembles at the apartments that brought them together. Whatever the future holds, they will face it as a united front!
Inu X Boku SS. 11, Cocoa Fujiwara.
Efforts to reunite the members of Ayakashi Hall take an unexpected, tragic turn when one of their number falls in the battle. The death of a close friend serves to strengthen the remaining throwbacks' resolve to prevent the grim outcome relayed by their future selves, even if it means exposing the dark truth of one of their most trusted allies.
Inu x Boku SS. 4, Cocoa Fujiwara.
When Ririchiyo returns home for the New Year's festivities, she is hesitant to admit to her family that her bodyguard is also her boyfriend. Over the past several months, the other supernatural boarders at Ayakashi Hall have become more like a real family to her than any she has ever known. Never have these bonds been more evident than when danger threatens one of her new friends.
Inu x Boku SS. 5, Cocoa Fujiwara.
In search of independence and solitude, the sharp-tongued Ririchiyo Shirakiin moves to the Maison de Ayakashi, an apartment building with its own Secret Service. Ririchiyo is eager to be alone, but upon her arrival, she is greeted by Soushi, an SS agent who seems familiar somehow. Familiar and yet not quite the same.
Inu x Boku SS. 6, Cocoa Fujiwara.
To get better acquainted, and, in some cases, reacquainted, with each other, the residents of Ayakashi Hall spend the last weeks of summer break at a seaside vacation spot. Ririchiyo slowly warms to her new cohorts, but the one resident who never seems to betray his emotions is Miketsukami, and the group is determined to fix that! Will her efforts to unmask Soushi expose the truth of who he is, that is, who he is not?
Inu x Boku SS. 7, Cocoa Fujiwara.
Ririchiyo has decided to make a fresh start, removing the blinders from her eyes and releasing Soushi from his contract. From now on, she has resolved to treat this incarnation of Soushi as his own person and to mourn the loss of the man she loved in a previous life.
Inu x Boku SS. 8, Cocoa Fujiwara..
Mikoto Inugami's friendship with Watanuki has alerted Zange to the fox's plot to repeat the Night Parade, which claimed so many supernatural lives over twenty years ago. The residents of Ayakashi Hall rush to confront their enemy, but time is not on their side. Inugami's plan is not to initiate the Parade in this incarnation, but to revisit the past!
Inu x Boku SS. 9, Cocoa Fujiwara.
At first, the residents of Ayakashi Hall are baffled by the discovery of a time capsule containing letters in their own handwriting, apparently from their future selves. But Natsume's ability to see beyond confirms the truth, and he is overwhelmed by the future he glimpses.
Sherlock. The great game, Mark Gatiss.
Holmes and Watson come face to face with a formidable foe. Several hostages are caught in a deadly game. Sherlock and John race against time to solve a series of bizarre cases, free the victims, and uncover the culprit.
Land of the sons, Gipi.
Two young brothers and their father scavenge a post-apocalyptic landscape for anything that will keep them alive for one more day. Although their survival hangs in the balance, the boys are obsessed with only one thing; the diary their father keeps.
Tokyo ghoul: re. 4, Sui Ishida.
A month has passed since Operation Auction Sweep, and business at the CCG rolls on. An intersquad task force has been formed to investigate the Tsukiyama family, and the Quinxes are part of the team. This is a huge case for the Qs, and the worst possible time for their mentor to fall apart.
Extremity. Volume Two, Warrior, Daniel Warren Johnson.
The Paznina take desperate measures to finish their war against the Roto. A war that will draw Thea and Rollo back into it, no matter how much death and heartbreak it promises.
Kakegurui. 5, Homura Kawamoto.
The Battle of the Stars may be finished, but the event is far from over! And what better way to tie up loose ends than another gamble?! Choosing to go against Manyuda in her Public Match, Yumeko is now faced with a game called Choice Poker.
Bloodshot. U.S.A., Jeff Lemire.
When a top-secret, machine-made contagion is released onto the streets of New York City, Bloodshot must lead the most dangerous invasion ever waged on American soil and keep a runaway pandemic from toppling armies and governments and threatening to destroy humanity itself.
Old Man Logan. [4], Old monsters, Jeff Lemire.
Jubilee is missing! And to find her, Logan will have to team up with a supernatural super-team; the Howling Commandos! But as a monster war begins, will the old man who was Wolverine be prepared for what this investigation will uncover?
Baccano! 3, Ryohgo Narita.
New York, 1930. Firo's big day has come, and everyone's enjoying the celebration; Isaac and Miria so much so that they've had a bit of a change of heart! If one criminal syndicate is just too nice to rob, then surely another will do.
Golden kamuy. 4, Satoru Noda.
Tetsuzo Nihei, the legendary Bear Killer, is determined to become the hunter who kills Retar, the last remaining Ezo wolf. Asirpa will never allow this, and she and Immortal Sugimoto race to stop his bloodthirsty quest.
X-Men: grand design. [1], Ed Piskor.
Ed Piskor (Hip-Hop Family Tree, Wizzywig) takes you on a pulse-pounding tour of X-Men history unlike anything you've ever experienced before, an intricate labour of love that stitches together hundreds of classic and obscure stories into one seamless masterpiece of X-Men lore.
Food wars!: shokugeki no soma. 23, Wilderness pioneer, Yuto Tsukuda.
Dropping all pretense of being fair, the Azami administration has now declared that to pass the third stage of the advancement exam, Soma and the members of the resistance must each defeat a Council of Ten member. And what will everyone think when it comes to light that Dean Azami's real motivation for overthrowing the institute is Soma's own father, Joichiro?!
The saga of Tanya the Evil. 02, Carlo Zen.
After being reborn and becoming a magic wielding soldier in the Imperial Army, Tanya Degurechaff bemoans her fate of being placed at the very edge of the front lines instead of a comfy place in the rear. Swearing revenge on Being X, she plunges head-first into battle, dragging her subordinate along with her!

HISTORICAL

Book of colours, Robyn Cadwallader.
London, 1321: in a small shop in Paternoster Row, three people are drawn together around the creation of a magnificent book, an illuminated manuscript of prayers, a book of hours. Even though the commission seems to answer the aspirations of each one of them, their own desires and ambitions threaten its completion
The making of Martin Sparrow, Peter Cochrane.
Martin Sparrow is already struggling when the Hawkesbury's great flood of March 1806 lays waste to him and his farm. Luckless, lovelorn and deep in debt, the ex-convict is confronted with a choice. He can buckle down and set about his agricultural recovery, or he can heed the whispers of an earthly paradise on the far side of the mountains; a place where men are truly free, and strike out for a new life.
Woman of the ashes, Mia Couto.
Southern Mozambique, 1894. Sergeant Germano de Melo is posted to the village of Nkokolani to oversee the Portuguese conquest of territory claimed by Ngungunyane, the last of the leaders of the state of Gaza, the second-largest empire led by an African. Ngungunyane has raised an army to resist colonial rule and with his warriors is slowly approaching the border village.
West, Carys Davies.
When Cy Bellman, American settler and widowed father of Bess, reads in the newspaper that huge ancient bones have been discovered in a Kentucky swamp, he leaves his small Pennsylvania farm and young daughter to find out if the rumours are true: that the giant monsters are still alive, and roam the uncharted wilderness beyond the Mississippi River.
Queens' play, Dorothy Dunnett.
It is 1548 and seven-year-old Mary Queen of Scots, betrothed to her cousin the Dauphin, heir to the French throne, has been dispatched to France. But far from home and vulnerable, surrounded by the double-dealing and debauchery of a dangerous and unpredictable court, she suffers a series of 'accidents'.
The disorderly knights, Dorothy Dunnett.
Summer, 1551, and Francis Crawford of Lymond is in Malta to assist the Knights of St John defend the island from an invading Turkish fleet. But under a weak leader there is dissension in the ranks of the Knights and the chances of repelling invasion look slim.
The game of kings, Dorothy Dunnett.
It is 1547 and, after five years imprisonment and exile far from his homeland, Francis Crawford of Lymond; scholar, soldier, rebel, nobleman, outlaw, has at last come back to Edinburgh. But for many in an already divided Scotland, where conspiracies swarm around the infant Queen Mary like clouds of midges, he is not welcome.
The poison bed, E. C. Fremantle.
In the autumn of 1615, scandal rocks the country. A celebrity couple are imprisoned on suspicion of murder. She is young, captivating and from a notorious family. He is rich and powerful. Some believe she is innocent; others think her wicked or insane. He claims no knowledge of the crime. Who is telling the truth? Who has the most to lose? Who is willing to commit murder?
Juliet & Romeo, David Hewson.
Verona 1499, at the birth of the Renaissance. Two young people meet: Romeo, desperate for love before being sent away to study; and Juliet, facing a forced marriage to a nobleman she doesn't know. Fate and circumstance bring them together in a desperate attempt to thwart their parents with a secret marriage. But in a single fateful week their intricate scheming falls terribly apart. Shakespeare's most well-known and well-loved play has been turned into a gripping romantic thriller with a modern twist.
The falcon of Sparta, Conn Iggulden.
In 401 BC, the Persian king Artaxerxes rules an empire stretching from the Aegean to northern India. When Cyrus the younger, brother to the Great King, lays claim to his father's crown, he does so with an elite army of Spartans at his side. Yet battles can be won - or lost - with a single blow.
Clash of empires, Ben Kane.
After sixteen years of bloody war, Hannibal Barca is on the verge of defeat. On the plains of Zama, Felix and his brother Antonius stand in the formidable Roman legions, ready to deliver the decisive blow. Victory will establish Rome as the pre-eminent power in the ancient world.
The innkeeper of Ivy Hill, Julie Klassen.
When her husband dies suddenly, Jane Bell becomes the reluctant landlady of The Bell, an inn in the village of Ivy Hill. Jane has no idea how to manage a business, but with the town's livelihood at stake and a large loan due, she must quickly find a way to save the inn.
The ladies of Ivy Cottage, Julie Klassen.
When the village women encourage her to open a subscription library with the many books she has inherited or acquired through donations, Rachel discovers two mysteries hidden among them. A man who once broke her heart helps her search for clues, but will both find more than they bargained for?
The burning chambers, Kate Mosse.
In Carcassonne 1562, nineteen-year-old Minou Joubert receives an anonymous letter at her father's bookshop. Sealed with a distinctive family crest, it contains just five words: She knows that you live. But before Minou can decipher the mysterious message, a chance encounter with a young Huguenot convert, Piet Reydon, changes her destiny forever.
Queen of the north, Anne O'Brien.
In 1399, England's crown is under threat. King Richard II holds onto his power by an ever-weakening thread, with exiled Henry of Lancaster back to reclaim his place on the throne. For Elizabeth Mortimer, great-granddaughter of Edward III and wife to Sir Harry Hotspur, there is only one rightful King - her eight-year-old nephew, Edmund. Only he can guarantee her fortunes, and protect her family's rule over the precious Northern lands bordering Scotland.
In places hidden, Tracie Peterson.
In 1905, Caleb Coulter, a lawyer, went missing. His sister, Camriann, heads to San Francisco to find him. She meets Judith and Kenzie, who also have mysteries to solve in the booming West Coast city.
Mrs Whistler, Matthew Plampin.
Set in 1876, Jimmy Whistler stands on the cusp of fame, ready to astound the London art world with his radical paintings. At his side is Maud Franklin, his muse, lover and occasional pupil, sharing his house, his dazzling social life and his grand hopes for the future. But Jimmy's rebelliousness comes at a heavy price for them both.
House of gold, Natasha Solomons.
The Goldbaums' influence reaches across Europe. They are the confidants and bankers of governments and emperors. Greta Goldbaum has no say at all in who she'll marry. While power lies in wealth, strength lies in family. Greta's union with cousin Albert will strengthen the bond between the Austrian and the English branches of the dynasty.
The house of the eagle, Duncan Sprott.
The House of the Eagle begins Duncan Sprott's 'Ptolemies Quartet', an epic and ingenious restoration of the dark and glittering story of ancient Alexandria and the Greek Pharaohs of Egypt, whose extraordinary dynasty spans twelve generations from the death of Alexander the Great to the fall of Cleopatra.
Mr Peacock's possessions, Lydia Syson.
In 1873, a vulnerable young boy goes missing at the same time as an indentured team of young men arrive on the island to work. The dark history of the island, and the trading in people is brought to the fore as the two cultures clash.
The pharmacist's wife, Vanessa Tait.
When Rebecca Palmer's new husband opens a pharmacy in Victorian Edinburgh, she expects to live the life of a well-heeled gentlewoman. But her ideal is turned to ashes when she discovers her husband is not what he seems.
Jane Seymour, the haunted queen: a novel, Alison Weir.
Jane longed for a cloistered life as a nun. But her large noble family has other plans, and as an adult, Jane is invited to the King's court to serve as lady-in-waiting to Queen Katherine of Aragon. A loving and compassionate woman who captures the heart of a king. Bringing new insight to this compelling story, Alison Weir marries meticulous research with gripping historical fiction to re-create the dramas and intrigues of the most renowned court in English history.

HORROR

The outsider, Stephen King.
When an eleven-year-old boy is found murdered in a town park, reliable eyewitnesses undeniably point to the town's popular Little League coach, Terry Maitland, as the culprit. DNA evidence and fingerprints confirm the crime was committed by this well-loved family man. But Maitland has an alibi and further research confirms he was indeed out of town that day.
Community, Graham Masterton.
Michael is involved in a car crash which kills his girlfriend, Tasha. He wakes to find himself in the hospital of a small town in California. There he convalesces and gradually becomes acquainted with the local community. But as he recovers his mobility, he begins to notice odd things happening.
Drought, Graham Masterton.
Ex-Marine Martin Makepeace only learned the truth of the maxim that you don't know what you have until you lose it, the day his wife walked out on him with their two kids. Now, the social worker does his best to take care of those who need it most.
A people's history of the vampire uprising: a novel, Raymond A. Villareal.
The body of a young woman found in an Arizona border town disappears from the town morgue. Then more bodies, dead from an inexplicable disease that solidified their blood, are brought to the morgue, only to also vanish. An epidemic of vampirism sweeps first the United States, and then the world.

MYSTERY

Tiny crimes: very short tales of mystery and murder, Lincoln Michel.
Collects forty short stories of murder, mystery, betrayal, and intrigue from writers around the globe.
A million drops, Víctor del Árbol.
Gonzalo Gil is a disaffected lawyer stuck in a failed career and a strained marriage, dodging the never-ending manipulation of his powerful father-in-law. The fragile balance of Gonzalo's life as a father and husband is pushed to the limit when he learns, after years without news of his estranged sister, Laura, that she has committed suicide under suspicious circumstances.
Queen Anne's lace, Susan Wittig Albert.
While helping Ruby Wilcox clean up the loft above their shops, China comes upon a box of antique handcrafted lace and old photographs. Then she hears a woman humming an old Scottish ballad and smells the delicate scent of lavender. Soon, strange happenings start to occur.
Beautiful liars, Isabel Ashdown.
Eighteen years ago Martha said goodbye to best friend Juliet on a moonlit London towpath. The next morning Juliet's bike was found abandoned at the waterside. She was never seen again. Nearly two decades later Martha is a TV celebrity, preparing to host a new crime show and the first case will be that of missing student Juliet Sherman.
Into the night, Sarah Bailey.
Troubled and brilliant, Detective Sergeant Gemma Woodstock finds herself lost and alone after a recent move to Melbourne, When a homeless man is murdered and Gemma is put on the case, she can't help feeling a connection with the victim and the lonely and isolated life he led despite being in the middle of a bustling city.
Wagging through the snow, Laurien Berenson.
With a demanding teaching job at Connecticut's elite Howard Academy Melanie unwraps an unexpected challenge when her brother and ex-husband, elated by the recent success of their country café, make a spontaneous bid on a dilapidated pine tree farm. The impromptu business venture goes cold when the group discovers a dead body.
The killing habit, Mark Billingham.
Pets on suburban London streets are being stalked by a shadow. DI Tom Thorne knows the psychological profile of such offenders all too well, so when he is tasked with catching a notorious killer of domestic cats, he sees the chance to stop a series of homicides before they happen.
The lonely witness: a novel, William Boyle.
Amy was once a party girl, but she now lives a lonely life, helping the house-bound to receive communion in the Gravesend neighborhood of Brooklyn. Through a series of circumstances she finds herself witnessing a crime and the murderer himself. She doesn't call the cops to report what she's seen. Instead, she collects the murder weapon from the sidewalk and soon finds herself on the trail of a killer.
Red hot front, Harry Brett.
Having taken over her late husband Rich's empire, Tatiana Goodwin is hopeful to extricate herself from her husband's life of crime she'd been unwillingly drawn into. But following a suspicious fire in the firm's new HQ, and a number of unexplained deaths in the town, it soon becomes clear that there's more than one person who's after the Goodwin family assets.
Probable claws, Rita Mae Brown.
"Harry" Haristeen is building a new work shed designed by local architect Gary Gardner. When Gary is shot to death by a masked motorcyclist, Harry begins to burrow into her friend's past and unearths a pattern of destructive greed reaching far back into Virginia's post-Revolutionary history.
Her last word, Burton, Mary.
Fourteen years ago, Kaitlin Roe was the lone witness to the abduction of her cousin Gina. She still remembers that lonely Virginia road. She can still see the masked stranger and hear Gina's screams. Now Kaitlin has only one way to assuage the pain and nightmares; by interviewing everyone associated with the unsolved crime for a podcast that could finally bring closure to a case gone cold.
Dead girls, Graeme Cameron.
Two months ago a serial killer brutally attacked police detective Alisha Green and left her for dead. Ali has two enemies now: the dangerous man she's hunting and her own failing memory.
Getting warmer, Alan Carter.
Cato Kwong is back. Back in Boom Town and back on a real case'the unsolved mystery of a missing 15-year-old girl. A pig corpse, peppered with nails, is uncovered in a shallow grave, and a body with its throat cut turns up in the local nightclub. As a series of blunders by Cato's colleague brings the squad under intense scrutiny, Cato's own sympathy for a suspect threatens to derail his case and his career.
Fall of angels, Barbara Cleverly.
Detective Inspector John Redfyre of the Cambridge CID is invited to attend the annual St. Barnabas College Christmas concert and arrives to witness Juno Proudfoot, the trumpeter of the headlining musical duo, suffering a near-fatal fall after the close of the show. Redfyre must consider whether someone was trying to kill her.
The President is missing, Bill Clinton.
The President is missing. The world is in shock. The reason he's missing is much worse than anyone can imagine. With details only a President could know, and the kind of suspense only James Patterson can deliver.
The puppet show, M. W. Craven.
A serial killer is burning people alive in the Lake District's prehistoric stone circles. He leaves no clues and the police are helpless. When his name is found carved into the charred remains of the third victim, disgraced detective Washington Poe is brought back from suspension and into an investigation he wants no part of.
Loch of the dead, Oscar de Muriel.
Legends and murder stalk the Scottish Lochs. A death threat has been made on the life of a young man set to inherit the best part of a vast estate. Inspectors Frey and 'Nine-Nails' McGray answer a desperate plea to offer him protection.
The French girl, Lexie Elliott.
It was supposed to be a final celebration for six British graduates, the perfect French getaway, until Severine arrives. Her beauty captivates each of them in turn and then Severine disappears. A decade later, Severine's body is found at the farmhouse. As police suspicion mounts against the friends, Kate Channing becomes desperate to resolve her own shifting understanding of that time.
A howl of wolves: a mystery, Judith Flanders.
Sam Clair and her boyfriend, Scotland Yard detective Jake Field, spend a night out at the theater in support of her upstairs neighbors, who have small parts in a play in the West End. When the curtain opens to the second act revealing the body of Campbell Davison, the Director of the production, hanging from the rafters, Sam sets out to find out what happened and why.
Rainbirds, Clarissa Goenawan.
Ren Ishida is nearly finished with graduate school when he receives news of his sister, Keiko's, sudden death. She was viciously stabbed one rainy night on her way home, and there are no leads. Ren heads to Akakawa to conclude his sister's affairs, and tries to piece together what happened the night of her death.
Wrong way home, Isabelle Grey.
The same night a local hero saved two people from the burning Marineland resort in Southend, a young woman was raped and murdered minutes from the scene of the fire, the culmination of a series of brutal rapes in the town. Twenty-five years on, new DNA techniques have blown the cold case open.
The sin eater: a F.R.E.A.K.S. squad investigation five, Jennifer Harlow.
Directionless, hiding from her problems and trauma, Beatrice Alexander will do anything not to confront her deadly actions that fateful night in North Carolina three months before. When she finds herself caught in the middle of a centuries old vampire rivalry, Beatrice must decide: how far is she willing to go for those she loves; and for herself?
Why kill the innocent: a Sebastian St. Cyr mystery, C. S. Harris.
In the newest mystery from the national bestselling author of Where the Dead Lie, a brutal murder draws Sebastian St. Cyr into the web of the royal court, where intrigue abounds and betrayal awaits.
An unjust judge: a Burren mystery, Cora Harrison.
It was a macabre ending for an unjust judge: his throat slit by a sharp knife; his body stuffed into a lobster pot and left beneath a powerful jet of water shooting up through the cliffs from the turbulent Atlantic. When Mara Brehon comes to investigate, she knows that her first suspects have to be the five young men who had received such savage sentences for minor crimes.
Body & soul, John Harvey.
Frank Elder has become estranged from his troubled daughter. Up until now, Katherine has been unable to come to terms with the terrible events of her past and her father has been powerless to help her. So when Katherine suddenly appears on his doorstep, Elder knows that something is wrong. Katherine has become involved with an older man well known for his pornographic paintings who has been found murdered in his studio.
Paper ghosts: a novel of supense, Julia Heaberlin.
Carl Louis Feldman is an old man who once took photographs. That was before he was tried for murder and acquitted and devleoped dementia. His daughter has come to see him at a Texas care facility and takes him on a trip. Only she's not his daughter, and, if she has her way, he's not coming back…
It was her, Mark Hill.
Twenty years ago, Tatia was adopted into a well-off home where she seemed happy. Then the youngest boy in the family dies in an accident, and she gets the blame. Tatia is cast out of the family and she now yearns for a home to call her own. So when she sees families going on holiday, leaving their beautiful homes empty, there seems no harm in living their lives while they are gone. But somehow, people keep ending up dead.
Cave of bones: a Leaphorn, Chee & Manuelito novel, Anne Hillerman.
When Tribal Police Officer Bernadette Manuelito arrives to speak at an outdoor character-building program for at-risk teens, she discovers chaos. Annie, a young participant on a solo experience due back hours before, has just returned and is traumatized. Gently questioning the girl, Bernie learns that Annie stumbled upon a human skeleton on her trek.
Freak, Jennifer Hillier.
Sitting alone in a maximum-security prison cell, Abby Maddox is a celebrity.She is serving a nine-year sentence for slashing a police officer's throat in a moment of rage. A new wave of murders has given Abby a possible chance for a plea bargain.
Zack: a thriller, Mons Kallentoft.
Zack Herry is the golden boy who has stumbled into a career in the Stockholm police force. When four Thai women from a massage parlor in Stockholm are found brutally executed and a fifth badly mutilated and dumped outside a nearby hospital, Zack must figure out the motives behind the vicious murders.
What we did, Christobel Kent.
What would you do if you accidentally encountered the man who once abused you? Bridget's life is small and safe: she loves her husband and her son, and she works hard to keep her own business afloat. Until one day, her former violin teacher Anthony Carmichael walks into her shop with the teenager he's clearly grooming. Carmichael begins to stalk Bridget, trying to terrify her into silence.
No one can know: a Stillwater General mystery, Lucy Kerr.
ER nurse Frankie Stapleton has agreed to stay in her sleepy little hometown of Stillwater, Illinois, helping her estranged sister save the family hardware store. When a pregnant car crash victim arrives at Stillwater General, Frankie and the team race to save both mother and child--but only the baby lives. Rumors swirl that the accident was deliberate, and Frankie's horrified to realize that she let the driver escape.
The favorite sister: a novel, Jessica Knoll.
When five hypersuccessful women agree to appear on a reality series set in New York City called Goal Diggers, the producers never expect the season will end in murder.
The Brighton Mermaid, Dorothy Koomson.
Teenagers Nell and Jude find the body of a young woman on Brighton Beach in 1993, and when no one comes to claim her, she becomes known as the Brighton Mermaid. Three weeks later, Jude disappears. Twenty-five years on, Nell is forced to quit her job to find out who the Brighton Mermaid really was and what happened to her best friend that summer.
The crooked staircase: a Jane Hawk novel, Dean Koontz.
Jane Hawk will never cease her one-woman war against the terrifying conspiracy that threatens the freedom, and free will, of millions. Battling the strange epidemic of murder-suicides that claimed Jane's husband, and is escalating across the country, has made the rogue FBI agent a wanted fugitive, relentlessly hunted not only by the government but by the secret cabal behind the plot.
How it happened, Michael Koryta.
Kimberly Crepeaux is no good, a notorious jailhouse snitch, teen mother, and heroin addict whose petty crimes are well-known to the rural Maine community where she lives. So when she confesses to her role in the brutal murders of Jackie Pelletier and Ian Kelly, the daughter of a well-known local family and her sweetheart, the locals have little reason to believe her story.
The cult on Fog Island, Mariette Lindstein.
When Sofia meets Franz Oswald, the handsome, charming leader of a mysterious New Age movement, she's dazzled and intrigued. Visiting his headquarters on Fog Island, Sofia's struck by the beautiful mansion and she can't ignore the attraction she feels for Franz. So she agrees to stay, just for a while, but it soon becomes clear that Franz rules the island with an iron fist and no one ever leaves Fog Island.
Fire in the thatch: a Devon mystery, E.C.R. Lorac.
The Second World War is drawing to a close. Nicholas Vaughan, released from the army after an accident, takes refuge in Devon; renting a thatched cottage in the beautiful countryside at Mallory Fitzjohn. When Little Thatch is destroyed in a blaze, all Vaughan's work goes up in smoke, and Inspector Macdonald is drafted in to uncover a motive for murder.
Wobble to death, Peter Lovesey.
In Victorian London, the crowds gather for Islington's bizarre six-day endurance walking race. One of the contestants dies - tetanus from a blister is assumed, but then there is a second death, and this time it's definitely murder. A bemused Sergeant Cribb from Scotland Yard is called in, along with Constable Thackeray, and they soon discover that something foul is at play.
The blood road, Stuart MacBride.
When Detective Inspector Bell turns up dead in the driver's seat of a crashed car it's a shock to everyone. Because Bell died two years ago, they buried him. Or they thought they did. As an investigation is launched into Bell's stabbing, Logan McRae digs into his past. Where has he been all this time? Why did he disappear? And what's so important that he felt the need to come back from the dead?
Dead men whistling, Graham Masterton.
Sergeant Kieran O'Regan was responsible for hunting down killers. Now he's become one of the dead: his decapitated body has been found in a graveyard, a tin whistle stuffed into his throat. O'Regan was due to give evidence at a trial for police corruption. His gruesome murder sends a clear message to whistleblowers: only silence is safe.
The room of white fire, T. Jefferson Parker.
Roland Ford; once a cop, then a marine, now a private investigator, is good at finding people. But when he's asked to locate Air Force veteran Clay Hickman, he realizes he's been drawn into something deep and dark.
The Dante chamber, Matthew Pearl.
Five years after a series of Dante-inspired killings disrupted Boston, a man is found murdered in the public gardens of London with an enormous stone around his neck etched with a verse from the Divine Comedy. When more mysterious murders erupt across the city, all in the style of the punishments Dante memorialized in Purgatory, poet Christina Rossetti fears her brother, the Dante-obsessed artist and writer Gabriel Rossetti, will be the next victim.
The house on Half Moon Street, Alex Reeve.
Leo Stanhope: an avid chess player, assistant to a London coroner and in love with Maria is hiding a very big secret.Leo was born Charlotte, the daughter of a respectable reverend. Knowing he was meant to be a man, despite the evidence of his body, and unable to cope with living a lie any longer, he fled his family home at just fifteen and has been living as Leo, his secret known to only a few trusted people. Then Maria is found dead and Leo is accused of her murder.
The Moscow deception, Karen Robards.
Bianca St. Ives, a highly skilled con-woman and thief, is in trouble. A revelation about her past has left her reeling, as well as making her the target of a network of assassins. Bianca was raised a fighter. She'll try and outsmart her pursuers, but if it's kill or be killed, she's got her finger flush against the trigger.
Judgement in death, J.D. Robb.
In an uptown strip joint a cop is found bludgeoned to death. The weapon's a baseball bat. The motive is a mystery. It's a case of serious overkill that pushes Eve Dallas straight into overdrive. Her investigation uncovers a private club that's more than a hot spot.
Shelter in place, Nora Roberts.
When the shots rang out in the shopping mall, Simone Knox knew what to do. So on that terrible, hot summer day in 2005, Simone was lucky and escaped death. As she heals herself, she opens up to Reed Quartermaine, who survived the shooting himself and has become a detective. But someone has been watching all the survivors of the DownEast Mall massacre.
Death is not enough, Karen Rose.
Gwyn Weaver has survived an attempted murder and rebuilt her life. She's always known about her feelings for defence attorney Thomas Thorne. Then Thorne is found unconscious in his own bed, the lifeless body of a stranger lying next to him, her blood on his hands. Knowing Thorne could never have committed such a terrible crime, Gwyn and his friends rally round to clear his name.
The bone readers, Jacob Ross.
Set on the small Caribbean island of Camaho, The Bone Readers introduces DC Michael (Digger) Digson and his partner Miss K. Stanislaus as they are dragged into a world of secrets, disappearances and danger that demands every ounce of their brains, persistence and courage to survive.
Salt lane, William Shaw.
The man drowned in the slurry pit had been herded there like an animal. He was North African, like many of the fruit pickers that work the fields. The more Cupidi discovers, the more she wants to ask - but these people are suspicious of questions. And now it was killing her. It will take an understanding of this strange place - its old ways and new crimes - to uncover the dark conspiracy behind the murder.
Dry bones, Sally Spencer.
In the cellars beneath St Luke's College in Oxford a sealed medieval ventilation shaft is opened up to reveal human bones. Two bodies, buried thirty years apart, but is there a connection. Desperate to protect the College's reputation, and finances, the bursar, Charlie Swift, hires his old friend, private investigator Jennie Redhead, to find out the identities of the two victims.
Perfect match, D. B. Thorne.
When Solomon's sister is found drugged and in a coma after an online date, Solomon can't believe this was just a terrible accident. Determined to find out what happened to his sister, and with the police unwilling to help, Solomon begins to investigate on his own.
The bone keeper, Luca Veste.
Twenty years ago, four teenagers went exploring in the local woods, trying to find to the supposed home of The Bone Keeper. Only three returned. Now, a woman is found wandering the streets of Liverpool, horrifically injured, claiming to have fled the Bone Keeper.
The forgotten lands, Justin Warren.
When Dylan Harper and his mentor Detective Joe Gardella are summoned to the office of the Chief of Police and given an assignment that is outside their jurisdiction they sense that something is up. They are sent across the country to investigate the disappearance of a small town newspaper reporter who hasn't been seen or heard from in four days,
My name is Nathan Lucius, Mark Winkler.
How far would you go for your best friend? If she begged you to, would you kill her? Nathan Lucius, 31, is an ad salesman and lives alone with only one true friend Madge. However, Madge is dying slowly of cancer, and when she asks Nathan to end her pain, she sets off a shocking string of events.
A dissection of murder, Felicity Young.
A woman. A doctor. A beastly science. At the turn of the twentieth century, London's political climate is in turmoil, as women fight for the right to vote. Dody McCleland has her own battles to fight. As England's first female autopsy surgeon, she must prove herself as she also proves that murder treats everyone equally.
The scent of murder, Felicity Young.
For Doctor Dody McCleland, the unearthing of an ancient skeleton in a dry riverbed is a welcome break from the monotony of chaperoning her younger sister at a country house near the isolated hamlet of Piltdown. But when she begins her analysis of the bones, Britain's first female autopsy surgeon discovers they are much more recent.
The reckoning, Yrsa Sigurdard.
In 2016 the following people are going to die: K, S, BT, JJ, OV and I. Nobody will miss them. Least of all me. I can't wait. This is the chilling message found in a school's time capsule, ten years after it was buried. But surely, if a thirteen-year-old wrote it, it can't be a real threat can it?

New Zealand Fiction

The new ships, Kate Duignan.
Peter Collie is adrift in the wake of his wife's death. His attempts to understand the turn his life has taken lead him back to the past, to dismaying events on an Amsterdam houseboat in the seventies, returning to New Zealand and meeting Moira, an amateur painter who carried secrets of her own, and to a trip to Europe years later with his family.
Freelove, Sia Figiel.
The long-awaited new novel from Sia Figiel, esteemed writer of the Pacific. Her writing is highly acclaimed for its innovative fusion of traditional and contemporary modes of storytelling, her groundbreaking exploration of sexuality and taboo themes, and for pioneering a female narrative that has influenced a generation of Sāmoan and Pacific writers in the Islands.
A forgotten sky, Anya Forest.
Marina Bryant is finally home from Europe, returned to the Maniototo to find the people have changed but the memories haven't - and not all of them are happy ones. Just as well it's been six years so she's grown up and moved on from Daniel Kent, who has always done what he thought was the right thing, but now isn't so sure.
A southern star, Anya Forest.
When heartbroken Christie Mitchell escapes from the city to remote southern New Zealand she meets the disturbing Blake Ryan. Blake's relentless pursuit is not enough to overcome Christie's fear of trusting again, and she realises too late that a far bigger challenge lies ahead, one she must face alone.
Segway, Bernie Hanvey.
A baby is born as his mother dies; his survival is a miracle. Sam Tyler is the baby - and he is a genius who has extraordinary abilities including telekinesis and levitation. Sam meets a dog he calls Hugo at the sacred Māori cemetery of Mount Taupiri in the Waikato region of North Island. On the night of his birthday during the Super Moon, New Zealand suffers its biggest earthquake for over eighty years (7.8). Sam and Hugo use their combined abilities to save lives among the devastation.
Running away, Catherine Mede.
Larissa Green ditched her boyfriend, quit her job, and lost her flat all in 24 hour period. She esacpes her life by doing something totally out of character - going for a tramp. Harley Orion is an English action movie star, in a toxic relationship. He runs away to New Zealand to stay at an isolated Lodge in the beautiful Abel Tasman National Park. A fateful morning pushes the two together, and they can't deny the chemistry between them.
Winning love's lottery, Zoe Piper.
An average Kiwi guy, Jase MacKenzie wasn't born rich, and winning the lottery at eighteen didn't change the way he looked at the world. In fact, he never even told his family and friends he was a sudden millionaire. When Kyle Foster moves to Auckland to head a new business venture for his father, he's wary of love.
Pachamama & the Jaguar Man, Ron Riddell.
New Zealand film-maker Margaret Edgeworth meets a couple of Colombian refugees while filming on location in the Wairarapa. She has already visited Colombia and is interested in returning to make a film about the Civil War. She develops a strong connection with Rafael Munoz, one of the refugees. He tells her about his community in the South of Colombia where there was a recent massacre and his plan to return so that an investigation can be set up and the suspects brought to justice.

ROMANCE

Princess's pregnancy secret, Natalie Anderson.
While attending a royal masquerade, billionaire Damon can't resist seducing a captivating guest. Then Damon discovers that his masked beauty was actually Princess Eleniand now shes carrying his child.
From fling to wedding ring, Karin Baine.
Nurse Mollie Forrester has a reputation as an ice queen, and the scars from a childhood accident have convinced her no man could love her. When she's paired with handsome surgeon Ben Sheridan in a dance competition, Mollie discovers he's not the playboy everyone thinks he is.
Swept away by the enigmatic tycoon, Rosanna Battigelli.
There's no place like home for broken-hearted Justine Winter. Until her sanctuary comes under threat from property developer Casson Forrester. Determined not to let anyone take advantage of her again, Justine goes head-to-head with the formidable millionaire.
Tempted by the billionaire next door, Therese Beharrie.
When Jessica Steyn learns her delicious new neighbour is actually her best friend's brother, billionaire bad boy Dylan Nel, she's torn. After all, she's just become his sister's surrogate! Acting on their attraction would complicate things.
Rescuing the royal runaway bride, Ally Blake.
On the way to the Vallemont royal wedding, Will Darcy's overblown sense of chivalry leads him to rescue a damsel in a muddy wedding dress. And, yes, it's the princess-to-be!
SEAL camp, Suzanne Brockmann.
Navy SEAL Lieutenant Jim "Spaceman" Slade's got a problem. He reluctantly takes medical leave, but he's a SEAL, so he spends his "vacation" as an instructor, helping out a former Senior Chief who runs a camp for SEAL wannabes. But to Jim's shock, he finds himself falling for the one woman attending the camp session.
The innocent's one-night confession, Sara Craven.
Zandor awakened Alanna to an unknown sensuality! Overwhelmed by her response, she fled, never expecting to see him again. But when he shockingly reappears in her life Zandor's charisma reminds her of the heat they shared.
Hot pursuit, Rebecca Freeborn.
Sarah is a former beauty therapist and an aspiring journalist for gossip magazine Women's Choice. She lands herself the assignment of a lifetime in Europe, with the gorgeous but egocentric photographer, Nick, who just happens to be her ex's best friend. But when Sarah's assignment takes a darker turn, she discovers there's more to this story than meets the eye. Is she ready to risk everything to get the scoop?
Surrender to the ruthless billionaire, Louise Fuller.
Life has taught billionaire Luis that everyone has an ulterior motive. When the beautiful stranger he spent one scorching night with reveals herself as his famous family's new photographer, he whisks Cristina away to his island fortress, determined to isolate her and uncover the truth, only to realize he's rekindled a desire from which there is no escape!
Reunited by their secret son, Louisa George.
Sophie Harding can never forget her sizzling encounter with gorgeous stranger Finn. How can she, when her beloved little boy is a daily reminder? She can't forgive Finn for disappearing without a trace afterwards.
Tempted by the brooding surgeon, Robin Gianna.
Annabelle Richards arrives in Peru to find she'll be working with renowned surgeon Daniel Ferrera; the man who almost ruined her career! She's worked too hard to let him get in her way again. However, when Annabel learns that Daniel's brooding exterior hides a wealth of pain, an unexpected passion ignites between them. Will temptation prove too much to resist?
Chased, Nicole S. Goodin.
Colton Hunt has had enough of the rough time his heart has been getting… he's the guy who falls in love fast, and holds on tight as it goes down in flames. After the woman he'd convinced himself he loved, falls in love with his older brother, leaving him bitter and alone. Colt wants to stick it to Quinn and what better way than with the little brunette that just swayed past.
Hide and seek, Nicole S. Goodin.
How far would you search for the person you love? Jasper Jones is one half of the world's hottest music duo… he's got it all, the career, the lifestyle, the money, the fame, the friends… But most importantly, after one hell of a battle, he's finally got her. Hannah Montgomery. Until one day he doesn't.
Hunted, Nicole S. Goodin.
Quinn Pierce is ready to find her own happily ever after… Quinn knows Colt isn't the one for her… she never wanted to hurt him, but her desire to know more about his brother Harrison Hunt has done just that. Quinn and Harrison have a spark that can't be denied but will they be able to overcome the obstacles standing in their path?
Pierced, Nicole S. Goodin.
Ellerslie and Lawson have it all, they found true love with one another when they least expected it and their life together is going exactly to plan… But sometimes fate just has other ideas. One shocking event threatens to turn their entire lives upside down…
Rushed, Nicole S. Goodin.
The last thing El is looking for is love, and she's especially not prepared to get caught up in her best friend's hotter than hell big brother. Lawson Pierce doesn't give a shit about love. It's the absolute last thing on his mind. He tried it once and swore never again… so why can't he get his little sister's best friend out of his head?
The virgin's debt to pay, Abby Green.
Nessa must appeal to notorious tycoon Lucs better nature to exonerate her brother of theft. But Luc is the most mercilessand sinfully attractiveman Nessa's ever met!
A bride to redeem him, Charlotte Hawkes.
Louis Delaroche is world-renowned for his surgical skills, as well as his seduction skills! He's happy to let his Lothario reputation precede him until it threatens to cut him off from his family's charity foundation. Now Louis has only one choice if he is to redeem himself; get married! Warm-hearted anaesthetist Alex Vardy is the perfect bride.
Desert prince's stolen bride, Kate Hewitt.
Shy palace governess Olivia Taylor spends her life being overlooked. Until the night brooding Prince Zayed spirits her away! To reclaim his country, Zayed must wed his betrothed. But when it becomes clear that Olivia is the wrong bride, can they put their mistake right?
An honourable seduction, Brenda Jackson.
David Holloway faces his most difficult assignment yet: cozying up to the soft curves of Swan Jamison. He wants to know the island beauty in every way. But romancing Swan as part of his SEAL team's mission tests his honour, even as his feelings become increasingly real.
The reunion of a lifetime, Fiona Lowe.
Lauren Fuller hasn't seen Charlie Ainsworth since he unexpectedly left Horseshoe Bay twelve years ago and burst their bubble of love. Now he's back, and working together at her GP practice is torment; their chemistry reminds Lauren how good they were together.
Claiming his hidden heir, Carol Marinelli.
Buttoned-up PA Cecelia Andrews's resignation released her secret raw desire for her demanding playboy boss, Luka Kargas. One year after his callous dismissal, Cecelia's hiding an even greater secret their daughter! She'll never let coldhearted Luka make her daughter feel unwanted. But when Luka uncovers her deceit, there's no escaping the consequences of her passionate surrender.
Marooned with the millionaire, Nina Milne.
When journalist April Fotherington is assigned to write about handsome, elusive Royal Chief Advisor Marcus Alrikson she knows she'll have her work cut out. What she doesn't expect is that they'll end up huddled in a candle-lit hideaway during a desert island thunderstorm!
Kosta's convenient bride, Lucy Monroe.
Discovering her boss, billionaire tycoon Andreas Kostas, must marry is devastating for Kayla. Then Andreas proposes that Kayla wear his ring! Having experienced the incandescent pleasure of his touch, she's hidden her yearning for him ever since.
Reunited … with baby, Sara Orwig.
To save his ranch from ruin, tech billionaire Luke Weston needs Scarlett McKittrick; brilliant veterinarian and the lover he left behind. Their sizzling attraction hasn't changed, but Scarlett has.
Beneath a prairie moon: a novel, Kim Vogel Sawyer.
Abigail Brantley grew up in affluence and knows exactly how to behave in high society. When she is cast from the social registers due to her father's illegal dealings, she finds herself forced into a role she never imagined: tutoring rough Kansas ranchers in the subjects of manners and morals so they can "marry up" with their mail-order brides.
Hired to wear the sheikh's ring, Rachael Thomas.
Tiffany is the perfect candidate to be Jafar Al-Shehri's temporary wife. In return for meeting him at the altar, he'll clear her sister's debt. Yet this convenient arrangement to secure his crown soon leads to unbridled passion!
Resisting the single dad, Scarlet Wilson.
Dr Gene Du Bois arrives at Geneva airport with more baggage than Cordelia Greenway expected; his adorable young son! She usually avoids reminders of the family she'll never have, but there's no escaping this devoted dad when they're working and living together.

SAGA

The palace of lost dreams, Charlotte Betts.
Set in India, 1798. Beatrice Sinclair, a grieving young widow facing financial destitution, has travelled from Hampshire to Hyderabad to visit her brother, an employee of the British East India Company. French and British forces become locked in a battle over India's riches, and matters are complicated further by the presence of the dashing Harry Wyndam: a maverick ex-soldier and suspected spy.
The rose in winter, Sarah Harrison.
In 1929, 17-year-old Barbara Delahay was enjoying the social whirl of the debutante season. It was inevitable she would attract male attention. However, Barbara caught the eye of someone charismatic but wholly unsuitable. Someone damaged. Drawn under his spell, she almost succumbed, but escaped just in time to marry the decent but dull Brigadier Govan, a man 25 years her senior.
Bay Tree Cottage, Anna Jacobs.
The houses in Saffron Lane are being filled with artists thanks to the efforts of Nell and Angus. Ginger doesn't win a place there, but gets a job running the small cafe/art gallery, taking refuge there from her abusive bully of a son. When she meets Iain, sparks fly between them, the first time she's felt attracted to anyone for years. But will her son spoil it?
The concubine's child, Carol Jones.
In 1930s Malaysia, sixteen-year-old Yu Lan is in love with her best friend, Ming, whose father owns one of the busiest kopi shops in Petaling Street. But Ming's family don't see the apothecary's daughter as a suitable wife. It's not long before Lim makes a terrible decision that will change Yu Lan's life forever.
When midnight comes, Beryl Matthews.
It is 1856. Christine Banner is alone after her father's death. Determined to make her own way in the world, she stumbles onto an estate in the New Forest where she finds work that she loves. However, when the future looks uncertain, Christine's skill at handling some of the large and difficult war horses shines through and captures the attention of the son of the estate owner.
Burning fields, Alli Sinclair.
Rosie Stanton finds it difficult to return to the family farm after years working for the Australian Women's Army Service during World War Two. She is unable to understand her father's contempt for Italians, especially the Conti family next door. Desperate to leave his turbulent history behind, Tomas Conti has left Italy to join his family in Piri River. Tomas struggles to adapt in Australia-until he meets Rosie.
Under the Spanish stars, Alli Sinclair.
Charlotte Kavanagh's beloved grandma Katarina Sanchez is gravely ill, so when she begs Charlotte to travel to her homeland in Andalucía to uncover the truth behind a mysterious painting. There she meets Mateo Vives, a flamenco guitarist with a dark past, and through him she quickly becomes entangled in the world of flamenco and gypsies that ignites a passion she had thought lost.
The cast, Danielle Steel.
After two marriages, Kait Whittier prefers to avoid the complications and uncertainties of a new love. Then, after a chance meeting with Zack Winter, a television producer visiting Manhattan from Los Angeles, everything changes.

SCIENCE FICTION

The soldier, Neal Asher.
In a far corner of space, on the very borders between humanity's Polity worlds and the kingdom of the vicious crab-like prador, is an immediate threat to all sentient life: an accretion disc, a solar system designed by the long-dead Jain race and swarming with living technology powerful enough to destroy entire civilizations.
Xeelee: an omnibus, Stephen Baxter.
Stephen Baxter's epic sequence of Xeelee novels was introduced to a new generation of readers with his highly successful quartet, Destiny's Children, published by Gollancz between 2003 and 2006. But the sequence of novels began with RAFT in 1991.From there it built into perhaps the most ambitious fictitious universe ever created. Beginning with the rise and fall of sub-quantum civilisations in the first nano-seconds after the Big Bang and ending with the heat death of the universe billions of years from now the series charts the story of mankinds epic war against the ancient and unknowable alien race the Xeelee.
84K, Claire North.
Working in the Criminal Audit Office, Theo Miller assesses each crime that crosses his desk and makes sure the correct debt to society is paid in full. But when his ex-lover is killed, it's different. This is one death he can't let become merely an entry on a balance sheet.
From distant stars, Sam Peters.
Inspector Keon has finally got over the death of his wife Alysha in a terrorist attack five years ago. The illegal AI copy of her, Liss, that he created to help him mourn has vanished, presumed destroyed. His life is back on track. But a deadly shooting in a police-guarded room in a high-security hospital threatens to ruin everything.
Blood orbit: a Gattis File novel, K.R. Richardson.
Eric Matheson, an idealistic rookie cop trying to break from his powerful family, is plunged into the investigation of a brutal crime in his first weeks on the job in Angra Dastrelas, the corrupt capital city of the corporate-owned planet Gattis.
To live again ; and The second trip, Robert Silverberg.
In To Live Again, thanks to the Scheffing Institute, death is not the end. For a hefty fee, the soul bank stores the personas of those who have died and inserts them into the brains of willing, living hosts. It's a process that integrates the two minds, imbuing the host with a menu of highly valuable abilities, memories, and traits.
The diamond age, Neal Stephenson.
The future is small. The future is nano and who could be smaller or more insignificant than poor Little Nell; an orphan girl alone and adrift in a world of Confucian Law, Neo- Victorian values and warring nano-technology? Well, not quite alone. Because Nell has a friend, of sorts. A guide, a teacher, an armed and unarmed combat instructor, a book and a computer.

WESTERN

Bone treasure, Paul Bedford.
In a sheltered basin, high up in Colorado's remote Rocky Mountains, two field collectors discover an awesome array of dinosaur bones. Knowing that two competing and irreconcilably hostile palaeontologists will pay big money for knowledge of such a find, the men realise that they have struck bone treasure.
The man who shot Jesse Sawyer, Scott Connor.
When Sheriff Cornelius Doyle is killed, his estranged son Kane sets out to find the culprit, hoping to reconcile with a family that doesn't want to know him, but he soon discovers that his father's apparently honourable life was a lie.
The outlaw legend begins, Saran Essex.
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid have given up robbing banks and trains and are now ranch owners, waiting to hear from the Governor of Wyoming about a possible pardon. While in Buffalo to buy supplies, they have an encounter with Luther Greeley, an outlaw from a rival gang based at Hole-in-the-Wall, during which Sundance is badly wounded.
A gold half eagle, Brad Fedden.
At the age of twenty-two Hal Chesterton's world is turned on its head. He could never have guessed a blocked watercourse heralded such a disastrous change to his life.
The legend of Link Bonner, Shorty Gunn.
Link Bonner never wanted to gain a reputation as a fast hand with a six-gun and the will to use it. But sometimes circumstances drive the lives of men even beyond their own desires.
A grizzly revenged, D. M. Harrison.
Mayle Stone, a young fur trapper, lives with Izusa, a Cherokee woman whom he received as 'payment' for a wolf skin from a Cherokee brave. During a visit to Fort St Vrain for supplies, Izusa comes to the attention of an outlaw, Jon Rudyman, who plans to kill the trapper and take the woman.
Quigley's Way, P. McCormac.
A dying man, Peter Barker asks Sheriff Quigley to deliver a message to his family. Quigley does so, only to find himself the target of range baron Huston McRae, who controls everything in Gila County, including the local sheriff, and doesn't want an outsider nosing around in his affairs.
Revenge at Powder River, John McNally.
Sam Heggarty returns home to hunt for the gunmen who robbed and executed his father. As he makes his way back, he witnesses another murder and stumbles across a clue to the people responsible for his father's death.
The dark trail to nowhere, Harry Jay Thorn.
Lucas Santana is a freelance range detective working for both the US Marshals Service and the Pinkerton Detective Agency in the 1880s. When a number of gold coins surface in South Texas, loot from a long ago three-quarters of a million dollar heist at the end of the Civil War, both Pinkerton and the US Marshals call on his services to find the source of that gold.